Automobile-fender and cooperating device.



W. A. LINQUIST. AUTOMOBILE FENDER AND GOGPERATING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.16, 1911.

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Beifitkliowii. f llet LHTVILLIABI" A. LIN- izenof' the *Unitied' 'States; residbilelfend'ers" and Cooperating De- (lohereby declare the follow g t'o fa iullfclear, and exact description i yfntibnfsuch' as will enable others 1 "arms; which it' appertains to anief-T j 3 p 't'on relates particularly to automatin "hm g fenders that are non hially hel d in ino 'erative positions but which; ar' fad'a t' edto be tripped autootf"erwise,* and which, when tr,i ppe'cl,' are'nfoved'into their operative positions 'lose -to tlie' ground. In the present instzi'iice,,tlie fender illustrated is that discl'fo sed iaff Q1 my priorapplicat-ion ,ovember 3rd, 1910, en-

enderfor automobiles. a'slthe broad idea of my invention ned "various tforms of fenders may In t} inre I provide, in connection with aifender; orgi ard located at the front of' th machin'e', "means wherebyniovemen't of the dlfenderfor guard from its normalpis tion ivi'ljLset' the brakes of the vehicle and-"throw"the' motor out ofaction. In

theprefeiredembodiment of the invention,

it isQapplied'toah'automobile or other motor propelled vehicle having an explosive engine as ,its propeller motor and including in its transm ssion mechanisma clutch for a rend ering 'tlie, driyiiig connections inoperative. In-the' application of my invention to such a. vehicle, the connections actuated by movement v,of the'fender or guard from itssnormalposition are arranged to accom-- nportant results, iQ-Wlt. to

pl ish, three i automatically set the brake. to automotically open the said transmission clutch, andto open abcircuit breaker of the enine iig nitericircuiitg Preferably, all three of theabpve n oted automatic connections are, .accompli'shed, approximately simultaneously,

. In the v accompanying. drawings which illustrate ther'invention. applied to an automobile of, ordinarv construction. like (bararters indicatejl ke, parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is Specification of. Letters l' fatenlt.

. Patented July23,"191.2.

- Application fild February 16,1911. Serial No. 608,997 a broken away; Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan. l. View with some parts sectioned and some. parts broken away showing approximatelyl the front half portion of the automobile and the attachment thereto; and Fig. 5 is a detail view partly in plan and partly in sec tion showing on a larger scale than in the connections having a limit elasticity.

Of the standard parts of an automobile,

in. so far as it is desirable for t'he'purposes of this case to note, the numeral 1 indicates l the framework; the numeral 2 the rear or traction wheels; the numeral 3 the front wheels; the numeral 4 the explosive engine; the numeral 5 the dashboard at the front of the footboard 6; the numeral 7 the steering post; thenumeral 8 the foot actuated brake lever which" operates the friction mediate connections 9; and the numeral 10 indicates the foot actuated clutch lever which, as shown, is connected by'a link 11, in the ordinary way, to the clutch shipper clutch 13 of the engine driven transmission shaft 14. The parts'so far enumeratedare l taken from a standard automobile, but they l may be of any other construction.

mobile in different ways but is preferably attached. as shown in the drawings, by means of strong bearing brackets 15 rigidly secured to the front ends of the side bars of means. The forwardly projecting ends of the bearing brackets 15 are formed with vertical seats through which plunger bars 17 are arranged to work "ertically. These rcar faces with racks 18 that mesh with small under gears 19 secured to 'a trans-verse countersh'aft 20. the ends of which are journaled in the said bearing brackets 15: The shaft 20' at its ends outside of thebearing brackets 15 is provided with ratchet wheels l other views, one of the flexible tripping l The fender may be attached to the auto-' brakes in the customary way through interley er 12, which latter operates the ordinary the frame 1. by clamps 16 or other suitable.

plunger bars are shown as provided on their 21 that are engaged by retaining pawls 22 shown as pivoted to short shafts 23 journaled in bearing: on the brackets 15 and provided at their inner ends with upwardly extended arms 24. As shown, the pawls are spring held for action on the ratchet wheels 21. J

The plunger bars 17 constitute movable elements of the fender, and to the lower ends thereof are rigidly secured forwardly projecting tie bars 25, while to the upper ends of said plungers are secured shorter tie bars 26. The said upper and lower tie bars serve to support, in an approximately upright position, an approximately rectangular marginal frame 27 preferably made of metal tubing and having attached to it a strong flexible network '28, the lower portion of which is forwardly projected so that the said netting and frame are adapted to catch a person run down by the machine.

For direct engagement. with the ground; the lower tie bars '25 are provided with small wheels 29 which avoid undue frictional contact with the ground. Heavy coiled springs 30 are applied around the plunger 17 and are compressed between the tie bars 25 and the bearing brackets 15 and exert force tending to throw the fender downward from its normal or raised position into a lowered position. The said fender is normally held in its raised position against the tension of the said springs 30 by the engagement of the retaining pawls 21. Also, the pawl and gratchet device made up of the pawls and u'atcliet wheels are adapted to hold the fender in variable or different raised positions.

The fender adapted to be released by raising or moving the pawl out of en- "gagement with the ratchet wheel 21, and PIOX'lSlOIl is herein made for accomplishing this either automatically or at will.

The numeral 31 indicates leather or other pliable washers applied to the upper ends of the plunger bars 17 to absorb shocks and to prevent the fender from being thrown too violently into engagement with the ground. llYashers or stop devices of this kind may be applied in any number or may have any desired thickness to set. the fender in proper engagement with the ground when lowered.

"he automatic means for tripping the fender is preferably in the form of a transverse tripping bar or grim-132 located in front of the fender and provided with rear-'- wardlv extended arms 33 mounted in bear-- ings 31 on the sides of the bearing brackets 15. The rear ends of the arms 33 are shown as turned upward for engagement with the inclined under edges of the reta ning pawls so that whenthe said tripping bar and its arms are pressed rearward; the latter will release the said pawis 22 out of engagement; with the cooperating ratchet vertically i i l i. 1 ii i i i i i 1 i the rods 40 are pivotally i1 mounted to slide.

' mally wheels 21 and thus release the fender. Coiled springs 35 applied on the arms 33 and compressed between the bearings 34 and the tripping bar 32 yieldingly press the said parts and 33 forward as far as permitted by steps 36 on the said arms which engage with the rear ends of the said bearings 34.

The means for tripping or releasingthe fender at will preferably includes a foot tuated trip lever 37 pivoted to a suitable bearing 38 on a cross bar of the frame land connected to the rear end of a rod 39, which, in turn, is connected by forwardly diverging reds or connections 40. The front ends of connected tothe rear portion of rods through suitable bearings 42 on .a cross bar of the frame 1 and pivotally attached at their front ends to the, before noted, upwardly extended arms of the pawl shafts 2 hen the foot tripping lever 37 is stepped upon, the retaining pawls 22 will be raised out of engagement with the cooperating ratchet wheels 21 and the fender will be released. a 1

To adapt the fender to be restored to its raised position after it has once been tripped without requiring the operator to leave the car, a handlever 43 is pivotally connected to the fcotboard 6 and is connected by a suitable cable 4 to a Windlass drum or sheave 45 secured on the front shaft 20. This cable as is guided by sheaves 46 and 47 mounted respectively on the frame 1 and on the so-called dashboard 5. The lever &3, cable 14, and drum -15 are so arranged that when the said lever is given extreme rearward and downward movement; it will unwind the front end of the cable from the drum 45 and thereby rotate the shaft 20, and through the gears 19 and racks 18, will lift. the fender into its raised position shown in the drawing. The slack, which is norin the cable 44; is taken up by a coiled spring -18 through which the said cable is passed; but. to which cable the ends ,of the said spring are rigidly secured, as will be more fully apparent after consideration of a similar connection illustrated in detail in Fig. 5, and-presently to be described. This spring 48 normally holds the lever T3 in its forward position shown in Fig. 2, and it will be understood that the kin'ked portion of the cable contained within said spring, has sufficient slack to permit the said fender to be lowered whenreleased.

The means for causing the lowering mo've ment of the fender to automatically set the brake, releases the a driving clutch and breaks the sparking circuit of the engine igniter, may take various forms but; as shown, comprises a cable 49 which, at its front end is shown as attached to the right- 24 on the inner ends 60 same time,

ipaa sei ;Jfi0h0d gb9i b8 foot, actuated clutch lever 10.

"Theiintcrmediate portion of the said cable 49 isguided by sheaves 62 and 53 applied, respectively, to the righthand bearing bracket 15 and tothe righthand side of the 10 framel.

The intermediate portion of the cable 49 is passed through a coiled spring 54 and the ends of said spring are attached thereto. Normally, the cable is stretched taut through the spring 54, but it will take up slack in the cable when one or the other or both of the foot levers 8 and 10 are stepped upon and operated in the usual way. Itwill now be understood that when the fender is released and is thrown downward-by the relatively strong springs 30, the cable 49 will be drawn forward and will move the levers 8 and 10 in the same manner as if they had been stepped upon or pressed by the 5 foot; and this, as is obvious, will simultaneously set the brakes and throw-the clutch of the driving shaft into a releasing position so that the machine will be automatically and quickly brought to a stop. This 0 same forward movement of the cable 49 breaks the sparking circuit of the engine igni or preferably as follows: The numeral 55 irikicates leads of the engine igniter which ardconnected to fixed connections 56 shown as secured on the right hand bar of the machine fram 1. The contacts 56 are insulated from each other, as shown, by insulating strips 57, shown in Fig. 4 as forming front end extensions of the said contacts.

X movable contact 58 is attached to the cable 49 and normally closes the circuit between the contacts 56. When the cable 49 is thrown forward by the lowering movementof he fender, the movable contact 58 is slid forward into engagement with the insulated portions 57 thereby breaking the igniter circuit which, of course, results in stopping of the engine.

In the improved fender, with its attach- 9 me t described, it will be seen that if a person should be run into, the impact that the collision would produce by contact with the tripping bar 32 would trip the fender and permit the same to assume its lowered position in time to pick up the person struck,

andjinstantly and automatically all of those several actions which would be required to quickly stop the machine and bring the engine at a rest, are accomplished. At the the brake setting and clutch actuating levers are capable of being used in the ordinary way without releasing the fender.

In Fig. 1, the ordinary brake lever 59 is shown as connectedin the customary way to friction brakes of the rear wheels. The

said friction clutches, which are of ordinary or of any suitableconstruction, areapplied to the rear wheels 2 in the usual way and are indicated as entireties by the numeral 60.

What I claim is: Y 1. The combination with a motor propelled vehicle having a'brake, of a fender applied t the front portion of said vehiclev and mounted for upward and downward movements, means normally holding said fender raised, a power device exerting a force tending to throw said fender downward, a mechanical trip for releasing said fender, and a mechanical actuating connection between said fender and brake,

whereby the force exerted on said fender to throw the same downward when released, will also set. said brake.-

2. The combination with a motor propelled vehicle having a brake, of a fender applied to the front portion of said vehicle and mounted for upward and downward movements, mechanical means normally holding said fender raised, a power device exerting a forcetending to throw said fender downward, a trip for releasing said fender, and a mechanical actuating connection including a cable and cable guides between said fender and brake, whereby the force exerted on said fender to throw the same downward when released, will also set said brake.

3. The combination with a motor propelled vehicle havin a brake, of a vertically movable fender app ied to the front portion of said vehicle, yielding means tending to throw said fender downward, mechanical means normally holdin said fender raised, a tri for releasing sai fender, and a mechanically operated connection between said brake and fender whereby'downward movement of said fender will set said brake.

4. The combination with a motor propelled vehicle, of a vertically movable fender applied to the front port-ion of said vehicle, yielding means tending to throw said fender downward, mechanical means normally holding said fender raised, a trip for releasing said fender, and mechanically oper- ,ted connections between said fender and polled. vehicle, of a \ertically movable ten 7 tier applied to the front portion of said osaid motor out of action.

The combination with a motor prtr pt lied vehicle having a brake of a vertically movable tender applied to the front portion of said vehicle, \'ieldingz" means tending to throw said fender downward means normally holding said fender raiseth an automatic trip and releasing said tender. and a mechanically operated connection between said brake and tender whereby downward movement of said fetnler will set said l rake.

The combination with a motor propelled vehicle, of a vertically movable fen der applied to the front portion of said W- hicle, \-t;l\lin;1' means tending to throw said tender downward. means inn-molly Wilding i fr: wer raised, an automatic trip and a manna t operatite trip for releasing said n manuanly operative trip for fender, and mechanically operated connections between said fender and said motor whereby downward movement of said fender will throw said motor out of action.

9. The combination with a vehicle having a brake, of an explosive engine carried by said vehicle and connected to the traction wheels thereof by a transmission mechanism including a clutch, thesaid engine also having a sparking circuit including a circuit breaker, a fender movably mounted on the front portion of said -vehicle and normally held. in a raised position, a trip for releasing said fender, and mechanically operated connections between the said fender and the aid brake, and the said clutch and the said circuit breaker, whereby when said fender is lowered said brake will be set, and said clutch released and the said circuit breaker moved into an open position to thereby stop the engine.

In test mony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM A. LINQUIST.

Witnesses I'IAHRY D. KtLooRE, F. I). MERCHALT. 

